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8,831-acre Pensacola Bay Mouth section with quality-assured NOAA and 2022 USACE topobathymetric contours, exact-polygon FWC fish occurrence, mapped seagrass, charted wrecks, and verified connected public access. The water tops out around 71 ft. The depth chart is built from real agency bathymetry referenced to NAVD88; directly measured coverage remains distinguished from source interpolation. The channels, holes and drop-offs come from the source data, not a distance-from-shore model. Here's the year, species by species, as the scoring engine sees it.
The outline encloses 8,847 acres, worked by 22.2 miles of shoreline — 3 islands included. A middling shoreline index (1.7) gives it some bays to work without being a maze. Littoral water — the productive band under ~15 ft — makes up 23% of this chart. Tip to tip the water measures near 8.4 mi with a 2.4-mi widest point. Middle Pensacola Bay sits 4 mi northeast — the closest neighbouring chart.
Spring puts spotted seatrout in skinny water — 2 to 10 ft is the zone. As the season builds they drop to 4 to 15 ft, wintering in 5 to 20 ft. Spring spotted seatrout concentrate at 2017 patchy (discontinuous) seagrass edge, a prime-rated seagrass edge around 10 ft. Warm-month bites cluster around early morning. A popping cork + shrimp or a 1/4 oz jighead + paddletail (deep grass edge) covers the summer program.
| Season | Depth | Best window | Start at | Go-to baits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | 2 to 10 ft | dawn & dusk | 2017 patchy (discontinuous) seagrass edge (10 ft) | Topwater walker, Suspending twitchbait |
| Summer | 4 to 15 ft | dawn | 2010 patchy (discontinuous) seagrass edge (11 ft) | Popping cork + shrimp, 1/4 oz jighead + paddletail (deep grass edge) |
| Fall | 3 to 12 ft | dawn | 2010 patchy (discontinuous) seagrass edge (11 ft) | Popping cork rig, Soft plastic jerkbait |
| Winter | 5 to 20 ft | midday & dusk | Shallow feeding flat (18 ft) | Suspending twitchbait (long pauses), Scented plastic crawled on bottom |
Spring puts gray snapper (mangrove snapper) in skinny water — 3 to 22 ft is the zone. As the season builds they drop to 4 to 30 ft, wintering in 8 to 45 ft. Fall gray snapper (mangrove snapper) concentrate at Dangerous NOAA charted wreck, a prime-rated wreck around 27 ft. Warm-month bites cluster around early morning and the evening. A small bucktail or a paddletail covers the summer program.
| Season | Depth | Best window | Start at | Go-to baits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | 3 to 22 ft | dawn & dusk | 2010 patchy (discontinuous) seagrass edge (11 ft) | Small paddletail, Jighead + shrimp imitation |
| Summer | 4 to 30 ft | dawn & dusk | Dangerous NOAA charted wreck (27 ft) | Small bucktail, Paddletail |
| Fall | 5 to 35 ft | dawn & dusk | Dangerous NOAA charted wreck (27 ft) | Small vertical jig, Jighead + paddletail |
| Winter | 8 to 45 ft | midday | Dangerous NOAA charted wreck (36 ft) | Small jig worked slowly |
Spring red drum (redfish) on Pensacola Bay Mouth hold shallow, usually 1 to 8 ft. They move out to 2 to 12 ft in summer and finish the year down in 3 to 15 ft. Put 2017 patchy (discontinuous) seagrass edge first on the milk run — a seagrass edge near 3 ft that grades prime for spring. The feeding windows run early morning and the evening. The summer box starts with a weedless gold spoon or a paddletail swimbait.
| Season | Depth | Best window | Start at | Go-to baits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | 1 to 8 ft | dawn & dusk | 2017 patchy (discontinuous) seagrass edge (3 ft) | Gold weedless spoon, Paddletail on 1/4 oz jighead |
| Summer | 2 to 12 ft | dawn & dusk | 2010 patchy (discontinuous) seagrass edge (11 ft) | Weedless gold spoon, Paddletail swimbait |
| Fall | 3 to 20 ft | dawn & midday | Shallow feeding flat (18 ft) | 1/2 oz spoon (schools), Big paddletail |
| Winter | 3 to 15 ft | midday & dawn | Shallow feeding flat (16 ft) | Scented soft plastic on 1/8 oz head, Slow-rolled paddletail |
Spring gulf flounder on Pensacola Bay Mouth hold shallow, usually 2 to 14 ft. By summer they slide out to 4 to 20 ft, and by winter most fish are in 12 to 40 ft. The chart's best answer is Shallow feeding flat — feeding flat, 18 ft, prime for summer. Prime time lands in early morning and the evening. The summer box starts with a paddletail dragged on bottom or a bucktail + swimming mullet.
| Season | Depth | Best window | Start at | Go-to baits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | 2 to 14 ft | dawn | Shallow feeding flat (16 ft) | 1/4 oz jighead + paddletail, Bucktail + scented shrimp |
| Summer | 4 to 20 ft | dawn & dusk | Shallow feeding flat (18 ft) | Paddletail dragged on bottom, Bucktail + swimming mullet |
| Fall | 6 to 28 ft | midday & dusk | Shallow feeding flat (18 ft) | 3/8 oz bucktail + scented grub, Paddletail on a heavier jighead |
| Winter | 12 to 40 ft | midday | open water | Slow jig + scented grub |
Structure-wise the chart holds 19 features, led in depth by Dangerous NOAA charted wreck at roughly 36 ft.
Access data: Florida FWC — Boat Ramp Inventory. Confirm conditions and fees locally before you launch.
Season dates, license requirements, and size and bag limits for Florida waters are set by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (saltwater) — and special regulations can apply to Pensacola Bay Mouth specifically, so confirm the current rules before you fish.
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Pensacola Bay Mouth is about 71 ft (22 m) deep at its deepest point. The depth chart is built from real agency bathymetry referenced to NAVD88; directly measured coverage remains distinguished from source interpolation. The contours reflect measured and quality-assessed source depths.
Anglers target spotted seatrout, gray snapper (mangrove snapper), red drum (redfish), gulf flounder on Pensacola Bay Mouth.
2017 patchy (discontinuous) seagrass edge is the top-rated area: a seagrass edge in about 10 ft of water that rates prime for spotted seatrout in spring. Scroll up to the map for the complete spot list by species and season.
For spotted seatrout, the summer bite is best in early morning. Each species page section below lists the seasonal windows, and the map shows a live NOW badge when you're inside one.
Fishing on Pensacola Bay Mouth is regulated by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (saltwater). Check the official Florida regulations for current license requirements, season dates, and size and bag limits — special regulations can apply to this specific water.
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